The article asks ‘where are we’ in the study of work–life balance within Industrial Relations and ‘where to next’ if we are to identify levers for positive change in workplace gender equality as technology brings the potential for smoothing or disrupting how women and men from different class groups work and care. It first shines a classed lens on the mainstream work–life balance agenda to pinpoint limitations in its heavy focus on the time squeezes reported by financially secure middle-class workers and its neglect of money matters. Then, via an enhanced conceptualisation, the article considers the ramifications of the growth in gig work for work–life balance. Gig work is promoted as offering flexibility and autonomy, enabling carers to work and care, but it is performed without the safety nets that are more common in formal employment. It can bring unpredictability in both work-time and income, work intensification and financial hardship that all impact work–life balance. ‘Where to next’ is developing a more inclusive approach that recognises gender, class and other types of diversity in order to lever workplace gender equality for all.

这篇文章问“在劳资关系中工作与生活的平衡研究中，我们在哪里？以及下一个在哪里？”，因为技术为平滑或破坏妇女和女性的方式带来了潜力，因此我们是否要确定在工作场所性别平等方面发生积极变化的手段。来自不同阶层的人工作和照顾。首先，它在主流的工作与生活平衡议程上放出了一个分类镜头，以明确局限性，将重点放在财务上有保障的中产阶级工人报告的时间紧缩以及对金钱问题的忽视上。然后，通过增强的概念化，本文考虑了演出工作对工作与生活之间平衡的影响。Gig工作的提倡是提供灵活性和自治性，使护理人员能够工作和护理，但是执行该工作时，没有正规工作中更常见的安全网。它会给工作时间和收入带来不可预测性，还会加剧工作强度和财务困难，这些都会影响工作与生活的平衡。“下一步行动”正在开发一种更具包容性的方法，以承认性别，阶级和其他类型的多样性，从而使所有人的工作场所性别平等成为可能。